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Holland Sentinel Editorial: We need more money to fix Michigan roads

Posted by Michigan Transportation Team in Latest News. Comments Off on Holland Sentinel Editorial: We need more money to fix Michigan roads

21st January

A familiar quotation observes that everybody likes to complain about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. In Michigan, everybody likes to complain about the roads, but again nobody does anything about it — even though in this case …






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